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Tobit: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Tobit is the story of a righteous, devout, and charitable man who—blind and miserable—sends his son, Tobiah, to collect on an old loan. To test his faith, an angel joins Tobiah on his journey, and in the end Tobiah returns with the money, a beautiful bride, and a miraculous cure for his father’s affliction. Tobit’s story touches us precisely because it tells the tale of simple, hardworking...

Very brief summaries of the tale abound in the scholarly literature, including Richardson’s excellent one-sentence description: “a delightful story of the afflictions of a pious Israelite and the adventures of his dutiful son, who makes a journey in the company of a disguised angel and returns with a bride and the means to restore the father’s health and wealth” (1971: 526). Yet brief résumés can offer only the “skeleton” of a story; a tale’s actual body, spirit, and vitality
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